SECOND EDITION. HOME AND FOREIGN.

Patea Mail, Issue 949, 23 October 1882, Page 3

SECOND EDITION. HOME AND FOREIGN.

f REUTER —COPYRIGHT. J (Received Oct. 23, 12-15 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 20. _ Arrived yesterday, Orient steamship John Elder, from Melbourne (left , Sept. 4.) There is a fair demand for wool and a better enquiry for all descriptions of New Zealand wools. (Received Oct. 23rd, 3 p.m.") ALEXANDRA, Oct. 22. The counsel employed to defend Arabi have secured the right of crossexamining witnesses, and it is confidently expected that Arabi and his fellow prisoners will receive a fair trial. Sir Garnet Wolseley has sailed for England, Under the scheme of reorganisation drawn up for the Egyptian Government by Baker Pasha, one halt of the officers in the array will in future bo Englishmen. AUSTRALIAN. [REUTER —COPYRIGHT. 1 /Received Oct. 23, 12-15 p m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 23. last evening, steamship Manaponri from Auckland, Heavy rain is falling, and is extending throughout the colony. It is doing incalculable good in reviving the hopes of the squatters and farmers. MELBOURNE, Oct. 23. The Marquis of .Normanby received a telegram yesterday announcing the death of his mother, the Dowager Marchioness of Nonnanby, aged 84. (Received Oct. 23rd, 2 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 23. The schooner Yarra bound from Newcastle to Melbourne, became a total wreck at 3 o’clock this morning. All on board have been saved. The death is announced of Mr John Proctor Hydes, the well-known actor.